Funny Riddles and Jokes for Kids
Warning: groans ahead. This mix of jokes and riddles for kids serves up gummy bears, dino-snores, and nacho cheese, with most punchlines waiting behind a tap and eleven cards you play instead. The funny kid riddles here are all family safe, so the youngest comedian at the table can read them out loud.
Hear the near miss, then find the word hidden in the spelling
Eighty eight cards sit on this page, and seventy seven of them do nothing until you tap them, so the guessing happens in your head first. Start by saying the answer aloud. A pony with a sore throat is a little hoarse. An elephant that does not matter is an irrelephant. Read those silently and they look like spelling mistakes; spoken, each lands on a phrase you already know.
Other cards do their work on the page rather than in the ear. Something is spelled into or out of another word: room sits inside mushroom, ship inside friendship, doze inside bulldozer, and a boa constrictor becomes a boa constructor when one letter shifts. When an answer sounds ordinary but looks odd, hunt for the smaller word parked inside it.
Some cards keep one honest word doing two jobs: a teddy bear is stuffed, a leopard is always spotted, a traffic light is changing. Eleven of the eighty eight cards play instead of reveal. Eight score a choice: five multiple choice cards, where the joke answer is the one marked correct on four of them, and three true or false cards holding plain animal and food facts with no gag inside. Three more take an answer typed in from the keyboard. Younger solvers can warm up on easy riddles for kids first.
- Riddle 9: most people say a sick little pony. The card asks for a name, not a diagnosis, so listing the illness answers a different question. Said aloud, the name doubles back onto the animal itself, and that overlap is the whole gag.
- Riddle 22: most people say a locked bedroom. A locked bedroom is still enterable with a key, so it fails the word nobody. The winning reply is not a place at all: those four letters hide inside the name of a fungus growing in the woods.
- Riddle 37: most people say an orange pepper. Orange fits a pepper just as well, so color cannot settle this one; you have to type a word that rhymes with parrot. Two clues are given and only the sound narrows the field.
- Riddle 2: most people say its giant size. Size feels like the reason a big cat loses at hiding, but plenty of large animals hide well. The joke turns on one word doing two jobs: spotted names the marks on the fur and also means noticed.
Say the answer aloud first, then look for a smaller word hidden in the spelling, and check what the card asks for before guessing.
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1. Why did the banana go to the doctor? Easy
Most people first say: a bad tummy ache
Need a hint?
Think about what you do to a banana before eating it.
Show answer
It was not peeling well.
Solvers hunt for a medical reason such as a tummy ache, but the punchline rides on swapping feeling into peeling, the one action every banana undergoes before it gets eaten.
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2. Why can't a leopard ever win at hide and seek? Easy
Most people first say: its giant size
Show answer
Because it is always spotted.
Spotted carries two meanings, marks on fur and being noticed, and hide and seek needs the second. Guessing about size misses that the fur pattern and the verb collide in one word.
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3. What do you call cheese that is not yours? Easy
Most people first say: somebody else's cheese
Need a hint?
Say "not your cheese" really fast.
Show answer
Nacho cheese.
Nacho is not a cheese type here. Said quickly, the two syllables blur into not your, so ownership becomes the joke and the snack name arrives by accident.
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4. Why did the cookie go to the school nurse? Easy
Most people first say: too much sugar
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Because it felt crummy.
Crummy doubles as unwell and as covered in crumbs, so the health complaint and the baking detail share one word. Sugar guesses ignore the crumbs that make the pun land.
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5. Why did the melon jump into the lake? Medium
Most people first say: a hot summer day
Show answer
It wanted to be a watermelon.
Heat is the obvious motive, but the lake matters as a word, not a temperature. Adding water to the front of melon builds watermelon, so the fruit changes its name by jumping in.
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6. What do you call a bee that can never make up its mind? Medium
Most people first say: a confused bumblebee
Need a hint?
It sounds like bee, but it is just not sure.
Show answer
A maybe.
The answer hides bee inside maybe, a word that already means undecided. Naming a mood like confused gets the idea but skips the sound that turns the insect into the hesitation itself.
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7. What kind of shoes do frogs wear? Medium
Most people first say: green rubber boots
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Open-toad shoes.
Footwear guesses like boots miss the swap: open-toed shoes lose their toe and gain a toad, one vowel apart, which is exactly the animal doing the wearing.
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8. Why did the clock get sent to the principal's office? Easy
Most people first say: a loud alarm
Need a hint?
Listen to the sound a clock makes.
Show answer
It tocked too much.
Tocked borrows the second half of tick tock and lands on talked, the classroom offense that gets a kid sent down the hall. A noisy alarm guess stops short of the rhyme.
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9. What do you call a pony with a sore throat? Medium
Most people first say: a sick little pony
Need a hint?
The answer sounds exactly like the animal itself.
Show answer
A little hoarse.
Hoarse and horse are perfect homophones, so the medical word doubles as the animal. The riddle says pony on purpose: little supplies the size, leaving the sound to supply the species.
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10. Where do books hide when they get scared? Easy
Most people first say: a dark bookshelf corner
Show answer
Under their covers.
A cover is both the stiff front of a book and the blanket you pull over your head, so one noun serves frightened kids and frightened books. Shelf guesses ignore that overlap.
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11. What do you call a pig that knows karate? Easy
Most people first say: a black belt piglet
Show answer
A pork chop.
Chop is the hinge: a karate strike and a cut of meat carry the same name, so the pig's new title already exists on a menu. Belt guesses never reach that second meaning.
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12. Why did the grape stop in the middle of the road? Easy
Most people first say: a red traffic light
Need a hint?
Think about what grapes are squeezed into.
Show answer
It ran out of juice.
Out of juice means out of energy in everyday speech, and grapes are the fruit squeezed into actual juice, so both readings hold at once. A traffic light guess only fits the road half.
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13. What kind of dog loves bath time the most? Medium
Most people first say: a water spaniel
Show answer
A shampoo-dle.
Shampoo ends on the same poo sound that poodle begins with, letting the words fuse. Naming a breed famous for swimming answers the bath part but skips the overlap doing the joke.
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14. Why did the computer go to the doctor? Easy
Most people first say: a cracked screen
Show answer
It caught a virus.
Virus belongs to two worlds at once, illness and broken software, which is why a machine can visit a doctor in a joke. Hardware guesses like a screen have no medical twin.
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15. What do you call a dinosaur that knows a lot of words? Medium
Most people first say: a talking dinosaur
Need a hint?
It is also the name of a big book full of words.
Show answer
A thesaurus.
Thesaurus already carries the saurus ending shared by dinosaur names, and a real thesaurus is the reference book stuffed with synonyms. Inventing a made-up name misses that the word exists twice over.
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16. What do you call a dinosaur that crashes his car? Medium
Most people first say: Tyrannosaurus rex
Need a hint?
It sounds just like the dinosaur's real name.
Show answer
Tyrannosaurus wrecks.
Rex and wrecks sound identical, so only spelling separates the dinosaur's title from what happens to a bumper. Saying the plain name leaves the crash out and loses the pun entirely.
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17. Why are ghosts such bad liars? Easy
Most people first say: their spooky moaning
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Because you can see right through them.
Seeing through someone is an idiom for catching a lie, and ghosts are transparent for real, so the figure of speech becomes literal. Noise guesses never touch the double reading.
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18. What did the left eye say to the right eye? Medium
Most people first say: the smelly school lunch
Need a hint?
Think about what sits between your two eyes.
Show answer
Between us, something smells.
Human faces put the nose exactly between the two eyes, so between us points at the organ that does the smelling. Blaming a lunch nearby ignores the anatomy that makes the line work.
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19. What do you call a snake that helps build houses? Medium
Most people first say: a boa constrictor
Need a hint?
It sounds a lot like a snake famous for squeezing.
Show answer
A boa constructor.
Constrictor and constructor differ by one letter, so the squeezing snake turns into a builder almost untouched. Naming the real snake skips the job title the riddle is fishing for.
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20. Why did the kid throw butter out the window? Easy
Most people first say: a big greasy mess
Show answer
He wanted to see a butterfly.
The kid is not being wasteful, he is assembling a word: butter plus fly equals butterfly. Expecting a mess on the pavement treats the toss as an action instead of spelling.
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21. What do you call a boomerang that will not come back? Easy
Most people first say: a broken boomerang
Show answer
A stick.
Returning is the whole definition of a boomerang, so remove it and the object loses its name, not its function. Calling it broken keeps the label the punchline refuses to grant.
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22. What room can nobody ever enter? Easy
Most people first say: a locked bedroom
Show answer
A mushroom.
Room is hiding inside a longer word rather than naming a space, so the search should scan vocabulary, not houses. A locked door guess assumes the riddle means an actual walkable room.
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23. What is a snake's favorite school subject? Easy
Most people first say: science class
Show answer
Hiss-tory.
History begins with a hiss sound already, so the snake only has to stretch it. Guessing another subject ignores that the joke needs a word whose opening matches the animal's noise.
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24. Why did the phone need glasses? Medium
Most people first say: a blurry camera lens
Need a hint?
Contacts go in your eyes and in your phone.
Show answer
It lost all its contacts.
Contacts names both the lenses that sit on an eye and the numbers stored in a phone, and only the second kind can be lost by a device. A camera guess drops the eyewear link.
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25. Why did the broom get to school late? Medium
Most people first say: plain old oversleeping
Need a hint?
It sounds like sleeping past your alarm.
Show answer
It over-swept.
Oversleeping supplies the shape of the word, then sweep replaces sleep because that is what brooms do. Answering with the ordinary version loses the swap that makes it a broom joke.
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26. What musical instrument can you find in the bathroom? Medium
Most people first say: a rubber duck
Need a hint?
Say "tube of" out loud.
Show answer
A tuba toothpaste.
Tube of, said at speed, collapses into tuba, which is why an instrument shows up beside the sink. A rubber duck fits the room but carries no sound-alike inside its name.
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27. What did the mama broom say to the baby broom? Easy
Most people first say: a normal bedtime order
Show answer
Time to go to sweep.
The mother is a broom, so her bedtime word bends to her job: sweep stands in for sleep with a single letter changed. A normal goodnight line would be pun-free.
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28. What do you call a dog standing out in the freezing snow? Easy
Most people first say: a shivering puppy
Need a hint?
Chilly and chili sound the same.
Show answer
A chili dog.
Chilly describes the weather and chili names the food, and the two sound identical, so the freezing pet turns into a menu item. Calling it a shivering puppy states the scene without the pun.
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29. What do you call a nose with no body attached? Medium
Most people first say: a floating nose
Need a hint?
Say no body out loud, then say knows.
Show answer
Nobody nose.
Nose and knows are homophones, so nobody nose doubles as nobody knows, the phrase for a mystery. Describing the nose as floating captures the picture but leaves the second phrase unheard.
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30. Why do birds fly south for the winter? Easy
Most people first say: warmer weather and food
Show answer
Because it is too far to walk.
The expected reply is warmth or food, a biology answer. This punchline treats why as a question about travel method instead, so distance rules out walking and flying wins on practicality.
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31. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a dog? Medium
Most people first say: a cold puppy
Need a hint?
Snow is frosty, and dogs sometimes nip.
Show answer
Frostbite.
Frost from the snowman plus a dog's bite makes "frostbite", a cold-weather word.
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32. Classic time! Why did the chicken cross the road? Easy
Show answer
To get to the other side
Solvers hunting a hidden pun pick corn or the bus, but this one has no twist: the punchline states the dullest possible reason on purpose, and that flatness is the whole joke.
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33. What do you call a fly without wings? Easy
Show answer
A walk
Many solvers grab buzz, but the buzzing noise comes from beating wings, so a wingless insect cannot make it. Remove flight and only ground travel remains, which names it a walk.
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34. What is an astronaut's favorite key on a computer? Easy
Show answer
The space bar
Enter tempts anyone thinking about launching, but the pun rides on a single word: astronauts travel through space, and the keyboard has a bar with exactly that name.
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35. What do you call two banana peels lying on the floor? Medium
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A pair of slippers
A fruit salad looks tempting, yet the punchline needs the verb hiding inside the noun: peels make people slip, and two slippery things underfoot become a pair of slippers.
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36. What falls all winter long but never gets hurt? Easy
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Snow
Icicles fall too, but a falling icicle shatters, so it does take damage. Snowflakes land soft and stay whole, which turns the word falls into a harmless drifting motion.
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37. I am orange and I sound just like "parrot". What vegetable am I? Easy
Most people first say: an orange pepper
Show answer
A carrot
Color alone cannot decide, since peppers and pumpkins are orange too. The rhyme does the work: only one crunchy root ends with the same syllable, so listen before you guess.
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38. What goes up and down all day long but never actually moves? Easy
Most people first say: an elevator car
Show answer
Stairs
An elevator springs to mind first, yet its car truly travels. Here the phrase describes the people climbing, not the object, so something fixed in place can satisfy both halves.
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39. What kind of ship can never, ever sink? Easy
Most people first say: a submarine
Show answer
A friendship
Solvers hunt real vessels and land on a submarine, but the clue treats ship as a word ending instead. Attach it to a bond between people and nothing can pull it under.
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40. Penguins can fly through the air just like eagles. Easy
Show answer
False.
Penguins are birds, but their wings are made for swimming, not flying.
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41. An octopus has eight arms. Easy
Show answer
True.
The Greek prefix octo means eight, the same root behind octagon's eight sides, so the creature's own name settles the count. Anyone can verify it by counting limbs on a photo.
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42. Eating carrots gives you night vision like a superhero. Medium
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False.
Carrots are good for your eyes, but the superhero part is an old myth from World War II.
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43. 🍞 + 🧺 Medium
Most people first say: a picnic hamper
Need a hint?
The little basket of rolls the waiter brings to your table.
Show answer
A breadbasket (bread + basket).
Each picture stands for a plain noun, and the two nouns shove together into one compound. Read them as a scene instead and you land on a picnic hamper or a box for loaves, which is the usual wrong turn.
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44. 🥔 + 🛋️ Easy
Most people first say: a lumpy beanbag chair
Need a hint?
A silly name for someone who watches TV all day.
Show answer
A couch potato (potato + couch).
Rebus cards join picture names into a phrase, not into a described object. Read both emoji as words and you land on slang for someone glued to the screen all afternoon.
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45. What do you call a fish wearing a bowtie? Medium
Most people first say: a fancy guppy
Show answer
So-fish-ticated.
"So-fish-ticated" hides fish inside sophisticated, matching a fancy bowtie fish.
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46. Why did the teddy bear say no to dessert? Easy
Most people first say: a tummy ache
Show answer
It was stuffed.
"Stuffed" means both full from eating and filled with fluff like a teddy.
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47. What do you call a dinosaur that is fast asleep? Easy
Most people first say: a real dinosaur species name
Show answer
A dino-snore.
Say the creature name aloud and swap its last syllable, saur, for snore, the noise a sleeper makes. Solvers reach for a species label instead of hearing that one syllable trade.
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48. What do you call a duck that gets all A's on his report card? Medium
Most people first say: a teacher's pet duck
Show answer
A wise quacker.
"Wise quacker" sounds like wisecracker, and ducks quack, matching a smart duck.
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49. Why did the tomato turn bright red at dinner? Easy
Most people first say: too much sunshine
Show answer
It saw the salad dressing.
The pivot is dressing: sauce for a salad, or clothes going onto a body. Blushing fits the clothing sense, and a dinner table indoors offers no sunburn, so weather never enters the joke.
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50. What is the first thing elves learn in school? Easy
Most people first say: gift wrapping class
Show answer
The elf-abet.
Alphabet opens with a syllable that can be traded for elf, and the meaning survives the swap: lessons begin with letters, so the pun lands on day one.
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51. What kind of tree can fit right in your hand? Easy
Most people first say: a bonsai tree
Show answer
A palm tree.
A palm tree shares its name with the palm of your hand, so it fits there.
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52. What do you call a bear with no teeth at all? Easy
Most people first say: a very old bear
Show answer
A gummy bear.
Teeth sit in gums, so taking every tooth away leaves gums, and that word also names a chewy candy. Solvers guess elderly or ancient, missing the body part clue.
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53. What did one wall whisper to the other wall? Easy
Most people first say: a fresh coat of paint
Show answer
Meet you at the corner.
Give an object a voice and ask which human sentence its real shape allows. Painting is done to walls, never said between them, while touching edges turns a geometry fact into a friendly plan.
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54. Why did the spider get on the computer? Easy
Most people first say: a tasty computer mouse
Show answer
To check its web site.
Spiders spin webs, and a website is checked online, so the pun overlaps.
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55. What do you call a cow that has no legs? Medium
Most people first say: a very short cow
Show answer
Ground beef.
A legless cow rests on the ground, and "ground beef" is the meaty pun.
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56. What is a scarecrow's favorite kind of fruit? Easy
Most people first say: corn on the cob
Show answer
Straw-berries.
"Straw-berries" starts with straw, which is what a scarecrow is stuffed with.
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57. What do you call a puppy that can do magic tricks? Hard
Most people first say: a magic poodle
Need a hint?
Think of a dog breed hiding a magic word.
Show answer
A labracadabrador.
The trick is overlapping two words that share sounds: labrador and abracadabra both hold the same abra stretch, so the magic chant slides inside the breed name unbroken.
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58. Why did the football coach yell at the vending machine? Medium
Most people first say: a stuck candy bar
Show answer
He wanted his quarter back.
A quarterback is a football position, and he also wants his coin returned.
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59. Why did the bicycle fall over in the driveway? Medium
Most people first say: a broken kickstand
Show answer
It was two-tired.
Two-tired sounds like too tired, and a bike really does have two tires.
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60. What do you call a noodle that is not real? Medium
Most people first say: a plastic toy noodle
Show answer
An impasta.
Impasta sounds like impostor and hides the word pasta, so a fake noodle fits.
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61. What did the ocean say to the sandy beach? Medium
Most people first say: a spoken greeting
Show answer
Nothing, it just waved.
Waves roll onto a beach, and to wave is also a friendly way to say hello.
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62. What did the traffic light say to the waiting car? Medium
Most people first say: an order to keep waiting
Show answer
Don't look, I'm changing.
A traffic light changes colors, and changing also means putting on new clothes.
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63. What did one plate say to the other plate at the table? Medium
Most people first say: a polite dinner invitation
Show answer
Dinner is on me.
Food sits on a plate, and dinner is on me also means my treat.
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64. What do you call an alligator wearing a fancy vest? Hard
Most people first say: a well dressed reptile
Need a hint?
Combine the clothing with the reptile, one word.
Show answer
An investigator.
The word investigator hides both vest and gator, so a gator in a vest becomes one.
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65. Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants to the game? Hard
Most people first say: a spare outfit for rain
Need a hint?
Think of a golf term said literally.
Show answer
In case he got a hole in one.
A hole in one is a golf move, and an extra pair covers a real hole in his pants.
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66. What do you call a belt made entirely of watches? Hard
Most people first say: a giant wristwatch
Need a hint?
Where does a belt sit on your body?
Show answer
A waist of time.
Waist of time sounds like waste of time, and a belt goes around your waist.
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67. Why do seagulls fly over the sea and not the bay? Hard
Most people first say: better fishing in open water
Need a hint?
Rename the bird using the other water word.
Show answer
Because then they would be bagels.
Birds over the bay would be bay-gulls, which sounds just like bagels.
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68. What do you call an elephant that does not matter at all? Hard
Most people first say: an ignored zoo animal
Need a hint?
Blend the beast into a word meaning unimportant.
Show answer
An irrelephant.
Irrelephant sounds like irrelevant and hides elephant, so it truly does not matter.
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69. What do you call a can opener that is completely broken? Hard
Most people first say: a useless kitchen gadget
Need a hint?
Turn the word can into its opposite.
Show answer
A can't opener.
A broken opener cannot open cans, so a can opener turns into a can't opener.
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70. What do you call two witches who share the same bedroom? Hard
Most people first say: two spooky sisters
Need a hint?
What do witches fly, and who shares rooms?
Show answer
Broommates.
Broommates sounds like roommates, and witches ride brooms, so it fits perfectly.
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71. What do you get from a cow that is spoiled and pampered? Hard
Most people first say: extra creamy milk
Need a hint?
Which single word describes both a pet and old food?
Show answer
Spoiled milk.
Spoiled means both pampered and gone bad, so a pampered cow gives spoiled milk.
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72. Why did the scarecrow win a shiny award? Hard
Most people first say: the best crow scarer
Need a hint?
Break the praise word into two plain words.
Show answer
He was outstanding in his field.
Outstanding means excellent and also standing out in a field, where scarecrows stand.
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73. Why can't your nose ever be twelve inches long? Hard
Most people first say: a doctor's health rule
Need a hint?
Think of a ruler, not a doctor.
Show answer
Because then it would be a foot.
Most kids expect a health reason, but the joke turns on measuring: twelve inches equals one standard unit, and that unit shares its name with a body part far below the face.
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74. What do you call a kangaroo that lies around all day? Hard
Most people first say: a sleepy joey
Need a hint?
Think of a lazy TV watcher's nickname.
Show answer
A pouch potato.
Pouch potato sounds like couch potato, and a kangaroo carries its babies in a pouch.
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75. What do you call a strawberry that is feeling very sad? Hard
Most people first say: a bruised red berry
Need a hint?
Colors carry moods, picture the gloomy one.
Show answer
A blueberry.
The color word does double duty: sadness is described as blue, so the sad fruit swaps its name for the berry that is actually that color.
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76. What do you call a dog that always knows what time it is? Hard
Most people first say: a punctual puppy
Need a hint?
One word names a guard and a timepiece.
Show answer
A watchdog.
A watchdog guards the house, and a watch also tells time, so the pun overlaps.
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77. What do you call a bull that is fast asleep? Hard
Most people first say: a sleepy steer
Need a hint?
Look for a nap word inside a machine.
Show answer
A bulldozer.
Bulldozer hides the word doze, which means to sleep, so a napping bull fits.
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78. What do you call a rabbit that is covered in fleas? Hard
Most people first say: an itchy wild hare
Need a hint?
Insects have another name, and cartoons use it.
Show answer
Bugs Bunny.
Fleas are bugs, so a buggy bunny becomes Bugs Bunny, the famous cartoon rabbit.
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79. What did the baby corn ask the mama corn? Hard
Most people first say: a request for a snack
Need a hint?
What else can a child call dad?
Show answer
Where is pop corn?
Pop corn plays on popcorn and on pop meaning dad, so the baby wants its father.
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80. What do you get when a cow jumps on a trampoline? Hard
Most people first say: a churn of butter
Need a hint?
What happens to liquid when it bounces?
Show answer
A milkshake.
A bouncing cow gets shaken up, and shaken milk makes a milkshake.
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81. What do you call a bear caught out in the light rain? Hard
Most people first say: a damp brown bear
Need a hint?
Change one letter in a famous bear's name.
Show answer
A drizzly bear.
Drizzly bear sounds like grizzly bear, and drizzle is soft rain.
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82. What do you call a deer with no eyes? Hard
Most people first say: a blind woodland animal
Need a hint?
Say the three words fast, hear a shrug.
Show answer
No eye deer.
No eye deer sounds just like no idea, and a deer with no eyes fits the joke.
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83. Why did the boy carry a ladder to his school? Hard
Most people first say: a classroom repair job
Need a hint?
Which school name sounds like a height?
Show answer
He wanted to go to high school.
A ladder takes you up high, and high school is a real school, so the joke climbs.
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84. What do you call a cat that makes its home in an igloo? Hard
Most people first say: a frosty snow cat
Need a hint?
Blend a cold northern word with a cat sound.
Show answer
An eskimeow.
Eskimeow blends Eskimo with a cat's meow, fitting a cat living in the cold.
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85. What do you call a train that catches a bad cold? Hard
Most people first say: a stuffy steam engine
Need a hint?
A sneeze sound hides inside the train noise.
Show answer
An a-choo-choo train.
A choo-choo is a train sound, and a-choo is a sneeze, so a sick train fits both.
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86. What do you call a sheep that has no legs? Hard
Most people first say: a wool rug
Need a hint?
Picture the woolly shape without its legs.
Show answer
A cloud.
Riddles like this quietly assume the reply stays an animal or its wool. Drop that and the silhouette gets renamed by where it drifts, which rules out anything lying flat on a floor.
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87. What do you call a group of whales that play music together? Hard
Most people first say: a pod of singers
Need a hint?
Which whale name starts a music word?
Show answer
An orca-stra.
Orca-stra sounds like orchestra, and an orca is a type of whale.
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88. Why was the belt taken away to jail? Hard
Most people first say: a stolen leather strap
Need a hint?
One phrase means both supporting and robbing.
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For holding up a pair of pants.
Holding up means both keeping pants up and robbing, so the belt gets arrested.
Silly jokes and riddles for kids
A banana at the doctor, cheese that is not yours, and a leopard who is terrible at hide and seek. The setups are short, so young comedians can memorize them fast.
Funny riddles with answers behind a tap
Seventy seven of the 88 cards hide their punchline until you tap, which turns each reveal into a tiny drumroll. Dino-snores and couch potatoes await the brave.
Joke quiz rounds for the whole family
Eleven of the 88 cards are playable: five let you pick the punchline, three take a typed answer, and three ask for true or false. On the picking rounds the funny option is usually the right one.
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FAQ about Funny Riddles and Jokes for Kids
Are all of these jokes family safe?
Completely. Every riddle and punchline was written for kids to read out loud at the dinner table, so there is nothing to preview or screen first.
What age are these funny riddles best for?
The sweet spot is roughly ages 6 to 12. Younger kids love the animal jokes, while the wordplay punchlines land better once kids start catching puns.
Can kids play this page on their own?
Yes. Punchlines reveal on a tap, and the quiz cards give instant right or wrong feedback with a running score, so no adult referee is needed.
Still groaning? Take that out-loud trick somewhere new. Gentler wordplay and shorter setups wait in our riddle collection for younger kids, and if the punchlines are landing, trade words for pictures in kid friendly rebus puzzles where emoji and letters hide the phrase.